Our Christmas festivities started the Sunday before Christmas with our church musical in the morning and then we celebrated with my mother in laws side of the family in the evening.
Monday was a long day at work knowing Christmas was only 3 days away! Christmas Eve, Kyle and I both worked until lunch and then celebrated ALL day with my family. We had lunch and watched my mom get engaged. We came home and rested and then went back for "brinner." (Breakfast for Dinner) We also had some karaoke and games then came home.
After we did gifts Christmas morning, we went to Kyle's parents house. We exchanged gifts and spent time with them and then went to Kyle's dad's side of the family. We had a wonderful meal and such a fun little game of Dirty Santa. We were so blessed through the whole day. M got so many nice things and we were so thankful!
By far the highlight of our day was spending the morning watching the "magic of Christmas" through M's eyes. This was Kyle's first time to ever be Santa and he did a great job! After M went to bed, Kyle put out Santa gifts and stuffed our stockings! It was so fun to watch Kyle get excited about being Santa! He even left a letter!
After going through what Santa left he opened our gifts. The clothes weren't a huge hit but he was very grateful for everything. His favorite gift was Angry Bird Tele-pods and his new iPad mini! Our favorite gift was the one that told him we were going to Hawaii in two months! He was happy then but now he is so excited!
This Christmas has been so great and we are so blessed. Everyday I am just in awe at God's plan unfolding in our life. I am so amazed by the blessings God has given me. I have a Godly husband who loves me and gives me a new reason everyday to love him. And now we have been blessed with such a sweet boy that one day we can call our own.
One thing that amazes me is how God knew we needed M. So many people have said "He is so blessed to have y'all" or "He is so blessed to have parents like y'all" and I hope he is but honestly, we are blessed to have him. God knew we needed a child who was already up for adoption who we could fall in love with. I think deep down straight foster care would have ended up being harder for me than I first thought. M may have needed a home and a forever family and I know God sent him to us for that but God knew we needed him. M has changed our lives so much but all of the changes have been so easy. It feels like we have had him forever.
Having M during Christmas has been one of the best gifts. God truly sent him to us at the perfect time. We are just so excited to have M in our lives and he made Christmas such a blast!
-Makayla
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